Cotton-planter.



T. N. SEAY.

COTTON ILANTER.

APPLICATION mum mm: 30. 1910.

Patented Sept 13, 1910.

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enEoftfliefUnited btates, and a resident oliirnbia', inf the county ofRichland and of $9; th Carolina, have invented certainjnewfind usefulImprovements in Cotwhich the following is a se fi eeo "This -invei'itionis an improvement in cotton planters and has for an object, amongqthiiif's",ltp 'prdvi'de' a novel construction of e'rvfflr or seedcarrier in connection with a orceffeed wheeland means for operating orcarrier and the force feed Wheel irtisuch manner as to secure the de sred "charge of the seed; and the inven- ;f0 further vobjects certainimproveinentsjin,the general structu1'e of the 'ma chine' 'and consistsin certain novel constructiohs combinations of parts as will behereinafter described and claimed.

,In the drawing Figure 1 is atop plan view Fig. ,2 is afverticallongitudinal section onabout line 2-2 of Fig. 1- of a machine myinvention. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional View of the seed carrier, drawnlongitudinally through the same and alongside the shaft. 1

Iii-'carryi1ig out'my invention I provide a suitable framing comprisinside beams A in which are journaled the s iafts 1, 2 and 3 and at therear end of the frame I provide a coverer Bof the form shown or of asprocket wheel C.

- any suitable plow form as will be under:

stood by those skilled in the art.

The shaft 1 carries the main wheel C and The wheel C is arranged ,midwaybetween the sides of the machine; runs on or in the ground and 0peratesto give motion, by the turning of its shaft 1 t0 the other moving partsof the machine.

' The shaft 2 which is journaled at D in the framing has a sprocketwheel I) meshed by a chain E and driven from the sprocket wheel C andthe shaft 3 has a sprocket wheel F meshed by the chain E and driventhereby as the wheel G is revolved in the operation of the invention.

The shaft 2 supports the seed reservoir 01' carrier which comprises thetwo similar cups G open at their adjacent ends G and spaced slightly,apart at said ends and flaring gradually toward their open ends G, asbest shown in FigsQl audit of the draw ing. At their outer ends the cupsG are szrazg nsrarnnr OFFICE.

. TEQMAS N. SEAY, OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

common-manna.

atented Sept. 13,1910.

' Application flied June 30, 1910. SeriaI No. 569,679.

closed by the end plates Gr which are "screwed upon the threaded ortions10 of the shaft 2 so the open ends of the cup may be adjusted toward andfrom each other. A jam nut H operates against the out-er closed end ofone of the cups to secure the same in any desired ad uStment, the othercup being turned back against the fixed sprocket wheel I) Fig. 3.

The guard plate I is supported on a cross beam 1 arranged slightly inadvance of the seed reservoir and the said guard plate I extendsdownwardly below the space between the open ends of the cups G at thefront of the reservoir as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 andprevents thedischarge of. seed at such point.

A force feed wheel J is secured on the shaft 3 and revolved by theturning of said shaft and this'wheel J operates between the adjacentopen ends of the cups Gr, see Figs. 1 and 2 and the feed wheel J is inthe form of a disk having at its ing tooth or teeth J, any su1tablenumber of which may be employed. While I have shown the wheel J asrovided with two teeth, manifestly but a single tooth may be employed ifdesired, or the teeth may be increased to such an extent as todrop theseed at any desired distance apart or to drill the seed in practically arow, as may be preferred by the operator.

Manifcstly also the machine may be used as a guano distributer, and thefertilizer can be mixed with the seed in the reservoir or carrier and bedischarged by the operation of the feed wheel with the seed.

One of the cup sections G is provided with a feed door K, see Fig. 1, bywhich the seed within the reservoir or carrier may be renewed from timeto time. a An opener L supported at the front of the machine in linewith the main wheel C 0pcrates to open the ground a suflicient depth forthe reception of the seed discharged by the force feed wheel beforedescribed. It will he noticed that ,the opener, the main wheel and theforce feed wheel are arranged in alinement with the direction of travelof the machine, so that the opener opens the way, the main wheel movesin the opening formed in the ground by the opener and the feed wheeldischarges seed in the opening provided for such purpose.

It has been found in practice that a single Wheel arranged as shown at Cis preferable as shown in to the two side wheels ordinarily employed asit will readily adaptitself to all conditions of land in planting.

The provision of means for adjusting the seed reservoir or carrierpermits its convenient adjustment to the force feed wheel so the latterwill operate efficiently between the open ends of the cup sections ofthe carv wheels J in series with one, two four, and

rier.

In practice it is intended to provide the rier and a delivery of theseed by the feed wheel as is found desirable'in the practi al operationofthe machine.

I claim: I

1, A planter substantially as herein described, comprising thecombination with the framing, of a main wheel, a shaft therefor providedwitha sprocket wheel, a seed carrier, a shaft therefor provided with asprocket Wheel, the said seed carrier comprising two cup like sectionsopen at their adjacent ends and spaced apart at such ends and having attheir other ends plates screW- ing upon the shaft of said carrier, oneof said cup sections abutting the sprocket wheel of the carrier, a jamnut on the shaft and screwing against the other section of the carrier,a force feed wheeloperating between the spaced apart open ends of theseed carrier sections, a shaft for said. feed wheel, a sprocket wheel onsaid shaft and a tion,

erases sprocket chain driven from the shaft of the mam wheel and meshingwlth the sprocket wheels of the seed carrier shaft and the feed wheelshaft and operating to drive said shafts in the same direction,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

A machine. substantially as described, comprising a main wheel, a seedcarrier in rear of the main wheel. and comprising cup like sections openattheir inner adjacent ends with the space between said ends inalinement with and in rear of the main wheel, a force feed wheel in rearof the seed carrier and operating between the adjacent open ends of thesections thereof and means for revolving said carrier and feed wheelfrom the main wheel, substantially as set forth. 3. The combination of amain wheel, a shaft therefor provided with a sprocket wheel, a seedcarrier in rear of the main wheel and having cup like sect ons spacedapart at their inner-adjacent ends, a shaft carrying said seed carrierand having a sprocket wheel, a force feed wheel operating between thespaced apart open ends of the .seed carrier sections, a shaft carryingsaid feed wheel and provided with a sprocket.

wheel and a sprocket chain extending over the said sprocket wheels anddriven by the main wheel and operating to, turn the feed wheel and seedcarrier in the same direcsaid seed carrier and feed carrier moving inopposite directions at their overlapping points, all substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

THOMAS: N. QEAY.

Witnesses:

J. B. R. MUTZE, E. M. SHULL.

